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>2. Users' Guide</H1
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> This part is mainly for the user - it does not go into the intricacies of development
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>2.1. Setting up the locale for Bengali</H2
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>The first job that you have to do is to setup the locale for Bangla. The formal
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description of specific set of cultural habits for some country, together with all associated
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language or country. This sub-section describes how to setup the <TT
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locale definition file, which is for Bangladeshi Bengali. However, the Indian Bengali definition
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file, i.e. <TT
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> Remember that this sub-section is not intended to explain how to create a
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locale definition file, we will just explain how to <EM
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> The <TT
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> file should come with the latest glibc package. in
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case you have an older glibc, you can download this file from the
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>download</A
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> section of Bengalinux.org.
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> Make sure you have some Unicode encoded Bengali fonts installed on your system.
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If you don't have one, check out <A
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HREF="usersguide.html#fonts"
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>fonts section</A
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> Now issue the following command as <SPAN
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>root</SPAN
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> <TT
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>bash$</TT
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<TT
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>localedef -f UTF-8 -i bn_BD bn_BD.UTF-8</B
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> This makes your system ready to be used with bn_BD locale definition. </P
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> Now make sure your X server is ready for Bengali locale. Check the following file
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<TT
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>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.dir</TT
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> It should have the following lines: </P
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> en_US.UTF-8/XLC_LOCALE bn_BD.UTF-8
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en_US.UTF-8/XLC_LOCALE: bn_BD.UTF-8
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> Now your system is ready to use bn_BD.UTF-8 locale. For example, I use the
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following command to open up an <B
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>xterm</B
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>bash$</TT
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>LC_ALL=bn_BD.UTF-8
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xterm -fn"-misc-Probhat-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso10646-1" -u8</B
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> Remember, if you want to use Bengali in any application, you will have to start
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that application under an environment where the locale was set to bn_BD.UTF-8, otherwise it
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won't work. </P
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>2.2. Installing the Bengali Fonts</H2
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> If you are a rpm [read: RedHat %#$!@] user, then the easiest way to install the
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fonts from <EM
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>FBFP</SPAN
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> is by using the rpm package. The rpm
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package can be downloaded from
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> http://www.Bengalinux.org/downloads/freebanglafont-0.2-1.noarch.rpm</A
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> http://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=freebangfont</A
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>. Just install the rpm package as
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you would do for any other rpm package with the command </P
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>bash$</TT
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> rpm -ivh freebanglafont-0.2-1.noarch.rpm</B
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> If you cannot or do not want to use the rpm package, there is always the good old
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tgz packages. Remember that you should have root privilege when you execute the commands
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mentioned here. </P
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> Download the files you want to install from
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> http://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=freebangfont.</A
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> Remember that you will find several different tgz packages in
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<EM
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>FBFP</EM
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>. Each of them contain different font faces, i.e. they all look
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</P
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> Once you have downloaded all the packages you want, extract all the
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<TT
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>*.ttf</TT
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> file(s). Basically run the following command on each
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>*.tgz</TT
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> or <TT
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>*.tar.gz</TT
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> you have downloaded. </P
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> <TT
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>bash$</TT
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>tar -zxvf your_font_package.tar.gz</B
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> This will create a new directory that will contain different files that comes
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> Create a new directory where you want to install these fonts. For the rest of
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this document, we will assume we are installing the fonts in
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>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bengali/</TT
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> Copy the <TT
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>*.ttf</TT
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> files we just extracted in to this directory,
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and execute the following commands: </P
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>cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bengali</B
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>bash$</TT
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>ttmkfdir</B
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>chkfontpath -q -a /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bengali</B
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> Now we will add the new directory to <SPAN
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>fontconfig</SPAN
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configuration. Usually this configuration file is <TT
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>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</TT
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<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
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> Add the line
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> so that
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now it looks something like this: </P
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> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1</dir>
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<dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir>
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<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bengali</dir>
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<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
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> After you have saved the file, execute the following command: </P
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><TT
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>bash$</TT
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> <TT
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>fc-cache</B
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> If you have GNOME print library (
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<SPAN
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>libgnomeprint</SPAN
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>) installed, then execute the following
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commands: </P
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> <TT
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>bash$</TT
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> <TT
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> cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bengali</B
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></TT
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> <TT
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>bash$</TT
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> <TT
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>libgnomeprint-2.0-font-install --dynamic</B
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> That should be it! If you have any problem, please let us know at
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><<A
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>users@bengalinux.org</A
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> The intention of this HOWTO is <EM
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>not</EM
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> to explain what is xkb
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symbol file, or how to create a new layout, etc. There are tons of places on the web where one can find a better and more
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in-depth HOWTO about XFree86 keyboard[layout/xkb/etc]. </P
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><P
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> There is nothing special about setting up a Bengali Keyboard, just follow the steps
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described below. Remember everything you need in the following steps can be downloaded from the
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<A
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HREF="http://www.bengalinux.org/downloads/"
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>download</A
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> section of Bengalinux.org,
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except the machine and the OS :-).
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> <DIV
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><P
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> Make sure you have some Unicode encoded Bengali fonts installed on your system.
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If you don't have one, check out <A
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>fonts section</A
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><P
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> Download the xkb symbol file <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>ben</TT
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> and copy it to the directory
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where the other xkb symbol files are. Usually this would be
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<TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols</TT
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> <SPAN
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>BTW</SPAN
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>, usually only root can copy files into this directory.
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>
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> You are now one command away from starting the keyboard. On my system I just type
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the following command: </P
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> <TT
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CLASS="prompt"
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>bash$</TT
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>
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<TT
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CLASS="userinput"
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><B
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>setxkbmap -symbols "us(pc101)+ben+group(ctrl_shift_toggle)"</B
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></TT
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>
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</P
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><P
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> On your system you are most likely to use a different value for
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<TT
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CLASS="option"
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>-symbols</TT
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>option. Let me explain what they mean, then you can decide what should
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be the value for your system. My default keyboard layout for X is <TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>us(pc101)</TT
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>.
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If you don't know what is the default you use, check the <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>XF86Config</TT
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> file
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As the Bengali keyboard layout is defined in the second group we can simply add everything from
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<TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>ben</TT
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> to our keyboard layout. Now you have setup your keyboard with
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<TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>us(pc101)</TT
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> as group one and <TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>ben</TT
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> as your second group. What
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does that mean? Well in simple words: with X you can have different layouts in different groups
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and you can switch between these different layouts. And that is exactly why we added
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"group(ctrl_shift_toggle)"</SPAN
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>. This means we can switch between the two groups by
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pressing <B
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CLASS="keycap"
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>ctrl</B
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>-<B
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CLASS="keycap"
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>shift</B
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> buttons together.
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Matter of fact there are other options for the toggle switch. If your XFree86 is new enough, you
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will find a file named <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>group</TT
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> in the same directory you copied
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<TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>ben</TT
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>. If your system does not have this file do not worry. You can use an
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option like <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"grp:shift_toggle"</SPAN
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> which will toggle by pressing both shift buttons. In
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which case your command becomes: </P
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><P
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> <TT
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CLASS="prompt"
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>bash$</TT
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>
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<TT
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CLASS="userinput"
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><B
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>setxkbmap -symbols "us(pc101)+ben" -option "grp:shift_toggle"</B
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></TT
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>
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>2.4. Some "special" Bengali only applications</H2
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><H3
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><A
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NAME="lekho"
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></A
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>2.4.1. Lekho</H3
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><P
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> <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
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>Lekho</SPAN
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> is a text editor for creating Bangla Unicode
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files without using any type of Unicode font. </P
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><P
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> This section must not be taken as "The Complete Reference of Lekho". At best it
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can be regarded as a short introduction to the editor. The main purpose of this section is to
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make you aware of the presence of this wonderful editor. In any case, the primary source of
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information on Lekho is it's website or the documentation provided with the package distribution.
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</P
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></TD
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><P
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> You may find <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
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>Lekho</SPAN
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> helpful if you are </P
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><P
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></P
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><OL
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><LI
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><P
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> Too lazy/busy to install the necessary Locale, Opentype fonts and Keyboard.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Currently using a Gnome version prior to 2.0 . </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Don't have gtk+ in your system at all. </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Want to export as Latex for use with Bangtex macro package. </P
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></LI
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></OL
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><P
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> Some of the major features of <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
|
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>Lekho</SPAN
|
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> are as follows
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</P
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><P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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><P
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> Keyboard Layout- Phonetic (i.e. k=ka, kh=kha etc) </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Minimum Requirements- Qt 2.3 </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Font Usage- Adarshalipi </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Save As- UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-8859-1 </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Export As- HTML, Bangtex </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Development Status- Beta </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Support- Through Mailing list </P
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></LI
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></UL
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><P
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></P
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><OL
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><LI
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><P
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> Download the latest tarball from Lekho's website at
|
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<A
|
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HREF="http://lekho.sourceforge.net"
|
|
TARGET="_top"
|
|
> http://lekho.sourceforge.net</A
|
|
> (Rumours are
|
|
that an RPM is on the pipeline. By the time you read this HOWTO, it may be already out. So
|
|
please check it if you prefer RPMs). Now untar the tarball: </P
|
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><P
|
|
> <TT
|
|
CLASS="prompt"
|
|
>bash$</TT
|
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> <TT
|
|
CLASS="userinput"
|
|
><B
|
|
>tar xfz Lekho.tar.gz</B
|
|
></TT
|
|
> </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
|
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> 'CD' to the Lekho source directory and then go through the traditional way
|
|
of compilation+installation: </P
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><P
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><TT
|
|
CLASS="prompt"
|
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>bash$</TT
|
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> <TT
|
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CLASS="userinput"
|
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><B
|
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>./configure</B
|
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></TT
|
|
> </P
|
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><P
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><TT
|
|
CLASS="prompt"
|
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>bash$</TT
|
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> <TT
|
|
CLASS="userinput"
|
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><B
|
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>make</B
|
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></TT
|
|
></P
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><P
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|
><TT
|
|
CLASS="prompt"
|
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>bash$</TT
|
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> <TT
|
|
CLASS="userinput"
|
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><B
|
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>make install</B
|
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></TT
|
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></P
|
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></LI
|
|
><LI
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|
><P
|
|
> At the very end of 'make install', the Adarshalipi fonts are copied to a
|
|
seperate directory and the name of this directory is also printed. Now add that directory to
|
|
your fontpath. There are several ways to do this depending on the XFree86 version you are using.
|
|
Please consult Lekho's documentation for details. </P
|
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></LI
|
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></OL
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><P
|
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> Although Lekho is still in development stage, it has enough features to meet the
|
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requirements of most people <SPAN
|
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CLASS="acronym"
|
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>IMHO</SPAN
|
|
>. </P
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